Mike Powell: Usain Bolt can jump over 9 meters on Vimeo

[MrTSWF1]

Ppl are on bolts jock so hard...damn Reid's

[MrLJLATHAM]

I will break the record this summer...

[DBRMatrix]

Usain has indeed left it way too late to consider the long jump. He should have been jumping regularly as a teenager.. For all his speed, I don't think he has enough natural suppleness to genuinely threaten the long jump record or take any major titles..

[TheJlkavanagh]

@DBRMatrix Usain Bolt is just so fast though..I think it is apparent that he is also extremely athletic and I think that athleticism combined with speed is most of what you need to compete at an elite level. Sure there are those who work hard and there are those again with elite athleticism and have a good work ethic...but don't you agree that LeBron James could play NBA basketball at an average level without hard work?

[poolehart]

With my training Bolt could jump 14 metres, seventy eight centimeters.

[TheEctomorph]

Usain Bolt may well have been born with the potential to be a world-record breaking long-jumper. But one has to remember that he is now 25 years of age ...... and therefore he has left it a bit late to take up a new athleticsevent from scratch, as it were. If a young athlete has aspirations to equal (or exceed) Michael Powell world record of 8.95 metres, he would be well advised to begin training seriously for the event WAY before reaching 20 years of age - let alone 25 !

[Chukojc94]

Bolt should be honoured and take up this offer, Mike Powell was just as exceptional as Bolt is!

[SFO14]

With training Bolt can easily jump over 8

[joeols90]

No way, he'll just false start.. -.-

[puljacina]

@joeols90 well said LOL

[Sakiz105]

usain bolt has a stiff body and i am not so sure if he can flex his body in air to reach further...

[biscuitmancollin]

@Sakiz105 the stiffness makes his legs more springy and he would jump farther

[xismxist]

Bolt will jump 10m after some training

[JamieMacManus]

I'm 14 and I can do 2 inches impressive huh

[PongGod]

@JamieMacManus They're talking about long jumping, not penis length.

[ragers66]

Gee, what a nice bloke Mike Powell is! Best of luck for masters competition Mike.

[naytus]

seems like a very nice guy

[MrJustNeca]

Hello, I am athletics trainer , so I know some things.

Usain Bolt is too fast to jump!

Man can't jump if he goes too fast! Learn Physics. If he has strong leg he can jump 8,2 - 8,5 metres only

[brendon2343]

@MrJustNeca ? that doesnt make much sense. It's acknowledged that a good jumper won't be running to their fullest for long jump. But Usain Bolt could easily lower that pace to match, Mike Powell's, while exerting more energy than MP could on the actual jump. So I don't see why it isn't possible.

[DeBonitos]

@brendon2343 I totally agree with you!

MrJustNeca, I am also an athletics trainer and a college professor, in the athletics department, so I also know a few things...

So, in order to correct you, human beings (not only men, women as well) can´t jump far if they run at their maximum speed, but do jump the farthest if they run at optimal speed, which is as fast as possible without jeopardizing the takeoff.

[Rob4ixxx]

@MrJustNeca You make 8,5 meters sound bad! :D 

[DeBonitos]

@MrJustNeca Following my comment to @bredon2343, all that Bolt as to do is lower his maximum speed to the point that he can enable himself the adequate takeoff angle (implying adequate training).

Roughly, I'd say that he would need to run at around 7/10 or maybe 8/10 of his maximum speed to be able to output the correct angle for takeoff, and this is MUCH FASTER then MP did when he jumped 8.95m, just 5cm shy of 9m, so, if Bolt wants it, it's his!

Dear sir, YOU should learn some physics.

Regards

[nicholkid]

I just want to talk to this guy for a good 20 mins and ask him what I should do to improve.

[zman569]

@SkinMechanic65 Lmfao!

[TheBlamus]

@SkinMechanic65 wtf...

[jaredknight]

such a humble guy, some one too look up too

[TheBlamus]

When Bolt will jump over 9m... he will be the greatest Athlete of all time! More than Carl Lewis

[ben1ben2ben1]

@TheBlamus He is already WAY better then Carl Lewis!! Carl Lewis is like the Barry Bonds of track, he won plenty but he did steroids to win

[cjthedoctor]

@ben1ben2ben1 false.



[ben1ben2ben1]

@cjthedoctor no its true! look it up. Carl lewis did steroids and they tried to cover it up

[jmaxwell98]

I'm 12 and my best is 4.64m

[shadow1985ism]

@jmaxwell98 this guy was probably jumping 7 meters at 12 years old

[TheEctomorph]

@shadow1985ism As a matter of fact, Michael Powell wasn't capable of jumping anywhere near 7 metres when he was 12 years of age (in 1976). He was a late developer, physically and athletically. It is very unlikely that he was capable of jumping 20 feet (6.10 metres) in the summer of '76.

There are surely very few, if any, athletes who have achieved a distance of 7 metres in the long jump at twelve years of age. (I believe that the British record - for A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD - is something

[TheEctomorph]

@shadow1985ism [Continuing on from my previous 'post' about the long jump]: in the region of 6.50 metres.

Also, it is worth mentioning that kids who excel at long jumping at the age of 12 or 13, USUALLY (but not always) fail to become world-class performers in adult life. The same is true of kids who are capable of running incredibly fast times (in the 100m and 200m sprint events) at 12 or 13 years of age.

[COWthepokemonmaster]

@andy2412 shut up

[iPaiNxTControllers]

hes still jumping 6.70? holly shit. but to join this convo, i have a meet today so i'll see what i jump, but i haven't been measured since gr.6 (11 years old/late b day) when i jumped 4.65

[kiddu24]

this man is a legend

[andy2412]

im 11 and my best is about 5.90, without any training of course

[arturengstrm]

@andy2412 Why are´nt you ate the world record list for 11 year old then??? ;)

[bigevilcorporation]

@andy2412 We're talking about meters, not feet.

[hulyote]

when i am 12yrs old my long jump was 5.20 meter ....

[Pepsimaximo1]

6.70m? hmm thats okayy... lol i thats only 1m infront of my best :P

but still pretty good

[1073601]

long jump's a different beast man

[ThomasRiekki]

Did he say that he can still jump 6.70? That's impressive!

[speedyslime93]

@ThomasRiekki wouldn't be at all surprised. He jumped 8.95m, absolutely phenomenal, and althought that was 19 years ago, he'll still have all those super fast-twitch muscle fibres, and he's still fairly slim.

[whitedragon3]

I wonder if bolt can jump over 7.5m without proper training. he sure can jump 9...

[undertakerkanecena78]

i am 11 and i can only jump only jump at 2.78 m

[AnimaLover0]

@undertakerkanecena78

Im almost 13 and doing somthing like 4.25 meters

Im in sport class,Im the third best,The best in my class does 5.05 meters

He is a beast!

[lityl95]

@AnimaLover0 im 14, i jumped 5.55 meters...

[joentjuhh]

@lityl95 when i was 14 i jumped 5.72...

im 15 now and i jump 6.09

[arturengstrm]

@AnimaLover0 Sorry, but that kind a sucks :/

[rcaddict72]

@whitedragon3 i reckon he could do 8m without training..

[lshurdles]

@whitedragon3 he can jump over 8 without training, if he hits the board, his speed will carry him. the training and hard work and technique is a difference in centimeters, the most important part is speed, bolt has that